Clinical and epidemiological risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a cohort of critically ill patients
Critical Care2012Vol. 16(S1)
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Gennaro De Pascale, MA Pennisi, Valeria Raggi, Edoardo Piervincenzi, Valentina Bernini, A Occhionero, Paolo De Santis, A Moccaldo, Silvia Cicconi, Riccardo Maviglia, M. Tumbarello, Massimo Antonelli
Abstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) represents a major infectious complication in the ICU. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors for VAP acquisition.